Tame Impala - New Person, Same Old Mistakes (audio) Apr 2026

Kevin Parker famously obsessed over the drum sounds for this track, blending minimal 808-style beats with distorted, "thrashy" textures. He later admitted to being his own worst critic, nearly Shazaming the song in a bar before realizing the impressive snare sound was his own.

Parker uses soft, layered vocals that create a dreamlike, internal monologue. His use of tools like the TC-Helicon VoiceTone C1 adds a subtle pitch-corrected sheen that fits the "neo-psychedelic" aesthetic. The Lyrics: The Cycle of Change Tame Impala - New Person, Same Old Mistakes (Audio)

"New Person, Same Old Mistakes" serves as the hypnotic, six-minute finale to Tame Impala’s 2015 magnum opus, . It is a track that captures Kevin Parker at his most vulnerable and sonically ambitious, acting as a final confrontation with the album's core theme: the inevitable friction of personal growth. The Sound: A Masterclass in Texture Kevin Parker famously obsessed over the drum sounds